mad install, at least I thought it was.

[lame plumber]

went to a rayburn 460 kb today, installed 2009 only serviced once since then (apart fm today). Took 3 hours to break out baffles, replaced photocell, electrodes, over heat stat on boiler that kept tripping.

Only at the end of the afternoon did I wonder why the boiler side ran was running without being turned on at range programmer on front of rayburn? Looked in cyl cupboard and hey presto another programmer operating the s plan on the system, but even with everything turned off the pump continued running, until I turned off the switched spur next to it!!!!!!!!!!!!. So 2 programmers and the pump on its own switch aaaaaaaaaaaghh, I informed the owner they might need to call back their plumber/sparky to set up a working system on one programmer. I left the rayburn workng fine on its programmer,bugger knows if it heated water or rads as designed, waiting for a call now

 

[Ermintrude]

Muppets out of depth

 

[Dotty]

Be out of his depth in a puddle......

 

[Ermintrude]

Says inch high private eye

 

[Dotty]

Tis for that very reason I carry emergency stilts.......

 

[lame plumber]

wondered how croppie deals with big leaks

 

[WHPES]

Could be that the programmer on the boiler is bust and disconnected and someone has fitted a regular programmer to save having to purchase a rip-off Rayburn programmer and not done it properly. Have seen that before.

 

[lame plumber]

programmer on boiler and one in cupboard installed at same time according to owner! rayburn programmer costs £70 last time I got one so no different to Honeywell prices, and that was direct fm AGA

 

[WHPES]

Could have just been due to availability.

Could the second programmer be because of a 2 zone heating system? The Rayburn programmer only operates 1 heating zone.

 

[RGII79]

motorised valve manual open or stuck micro switch sendind permanent live to burner

 

[Worcester]

Could have just been due to availability.

Could the second programmer be because of a 2 zone heating system? The Rayburn programmer only operates 1 heating zone.

If it's like ours, its worse than that , as has a single timer for HW and heating, And works on a y plan with HW priority... Hence I run the Rayburn programmer on constant and have a honeywell htg/hw controller to give me different times on the two...

2nd 'zone' on the built in rayburn (rebadged honeywell) prgrammer is used for the cooker side..

 

[WHPES]

Its handy as I can set it so dinner is cooked ready for us when we get home!

 

[Worcester]

Its handy as I can set it so dinner is cooked ready for us when we get home!

We like that too , it's just carp at getting the best out the system on the heating side!

 

[lame plumber]

it was only an s plan for hw/heating so being as they were simple folk I'd have left it on the rayburn programmer and used the cyl/rm stats to control when everything warm, then if they only want hw in summer hit the button on the rayburn. Just got a call now, overheat stat popped today again! so its probably the pump on its way out as it has been running now continually for 4-5 years or if not the boiler stat on the rayburn. ****er is its a v long drive there n back!!

 

[WHPES]

Really gotta get round to servicing our Rayburn, nearly 1 year overdue :frown2:. Trouble is I don't get paid for doing my own stuff!!

 

[lame plumber]

youll end up doing it xmas eve if its like my aga

 

[WHPES]

I will do it when the truck goes in for its service in March and I am stuck in for the day.